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    NAPD regularly features writings from public defender members as they respond to relevant events, consider policy questions, summarize relevant case law, or appear as guests on podcasts. The blog posts reflect the diverse perspectives of the national public defense community and do not reflect any formal positions by NAPD. Read them below!

     

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    Court Summaries Supreme Court

    Dep’t of State v. Munoz:  Constitution doesn’t require noncitizen spouses be admitted to U.S

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    August 29, 2024
    Podcast

    What Was Happening in Grants Pass, Oregon Before the Supreme Court OK’d Criminalizing Homelessness w/Jeremiah Hayden

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    August 29, 2024
    Podcast

    How Oklahoma is Giving a Second Chance to Criminalized Domestic Violence Survivors w/Alexandra Bailey

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    August 28, 2024
    Forensic Science

    How The Destruction of DNA Evidence Might Keep An Innocent Person Behind Bars w/Erica Nichols Cook

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    August 27, 2024
    Podcast State Courts Supreme Court

    With a Conservative Supreme Court, Do State Courts Offer the Best Path for a Better Criminal Legal System? w/Kathrina (Kasia) Szymborski Wolfkot

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    August 27, 2024

    Moving Beyond Yoga: Solutions for Improving Public Defenders’ Work Life and Effectiveness

    Author
    Alisa Smith, J.D., Ph.D
    August 26, 2024
    Court Summaries Supreme Court

    Erlinger v. U.S.:  Juries, not judges, must decide if prior convictions happened at separate times

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    August 23, 2024
    Public Defense Right to counsel

    265 | The Problems with Public Defense in Guam w/Aditi Goel

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    August 22, 2024
    Podcast

    264 | How Police Academies Foster a Culture of Police Violence w/Samantha Simon

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    August 22, 2024